1.2.1.2. USB
Next, connect the PolyBrute to your computer with a USB cable. Then go to
, register your PolyBrute, and download the PolyBrute Editor software.
The PolyBrute Editor is much more than a patch librarian; it's a two-way visual editing
environment that enables you to see the entire patch at once, which makes the morphing
feature even more obvious. It's also used to upgrade the PolyBrute firmware.
But even more than that, the PolyBrute Editor can be used as a VST plug-in inside a DAW,
which in turn can record the movements of the controls inside the Editor or on the PolyBrute
itself. As long as the PolyBrute is connected to the computer, whenever the DAW track plays
back it will be almost like using the PolyBrute as a plug-in synthesizer. You'll still need to set
up an audio track in the DAW to record the output of the PolyBrute, if you want those tracks
to reside inside the computer.
1.2.1.3. MIDI
Almost everything you can touch on the PolyBrute sends and responds to MIDI, which
makes it possible to capture and refine whatever happens in pursuit of a sound or a song.
This can happen over USB, the 5-pin DIN connectors, or both.
For a list of the MIDI CC numbers sent and received by each control, see the
.
1.3. About this manual
We want this manual to be easy to read, so whenever possible we've done the following:
• The names of buttons and knobs are in brackets. "Hold [Settings] and turn [Glide]"
is quicker to read than "Hold the Settings button and turn the Glide knob."
• Characters are often used; e.g., [Octave < / >] instead of "the Octave left and right
buttons."
• Navigation is shown in pathways: "Settings/Misc/Voice Auto-Tuning/1-4" means
"Press [Settings], select Misc (Assign button 8), select Voice Auto-Tuning (Assign
button 4), and select option 1, 2, 3, or 4."
• Some sections point to others by page number so you can learn more if you
want, without slogging through a bunch of text when you already know the
details.
• The terms "preset" and "patch" are used interchangeably to refer to a single
memory location.
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